Razor-blade holder.



No. 870,877. PATBNTED NOV. l2. 1907 A. H. FLEMING.

RAZOR BLADE HLDBR.

APLIGATION FILED JULYZG. 1907A je ff fm @1mm/@f UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLlSN H. FLEMING, OF FAIRMNT, WEST VIRGINIA.

'Razon-BLADE HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern.: l t

Be it known that I, ALLxsoN H. FLEMING, a citizen of the` United States, residing at Fairmont, in the `county oi Marion and AState oi West Virginia, have invented a new and useful 'Razor-Blade Hold er, oi which -the following is a specification.

This invention relates to razor blade holders and especially to devices of that general class employed for holding razor blades in stropping or honing devices` The invention aims more particularly to provide'a novel and effective holder i'or razor blades of that general class known as Gillette blades, where the blade is provided with a number of openings for the reception of supporting pins.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holder in the nature of a spring metal clip which may be effectively clamped on the blade, and which is of such construction as to friction-ally bind within the receiving socket of the stropping or honing device..

With theseand other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement ofparts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in `the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure maybe made withoundeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any or' th advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:.-Figure l is a perspective view of a razor blade holder constructed in accordance with thelinvention. Fig. 2 is s. vertical 'section of the same in open position.- Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the holder clamped on a blade. Fig.

L1-is .a side elevation of the holder drawn to an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a detail view looking at the back of the holder, a' portion di the stropper being shown in section in readiness to receive the holder.

Similar numerals of reerenceare employed to indicate corresponding parts rthroughout the several figures of the drawings.

l y The holder comprises a sheet of spring steel or similar fractal, whichis bent to form two leaves l and l-l,

Ithese beingjoined by a curved back 12 which forms a i"sprin g tending to move the leaves to the open position shown in Fig. 2.l The leaf is provided with pins 15 'and theleaf l1 has openings 16 for the reception of 'the pins. The pins are arranged to pass through open- V. .Specification of Letters latent. Application filed July 26,.) 1907. Serial No. 385.741.

ings that are formed in the razor blade x and A.thence through the openings 16, the leaves oi the holder being pressed down flat against the blade and held in this position when the holder is inserted in a socket X of the stropping or honing device. v

It has been found difficult in holders oi this general type to prevent endwise movement of the holder and blade in thc socket and to prevent movement o! Athe holder without the .employment of some auxilimyf.-

clamping means.

In the present instance this objection is overcome by slitting the back of the holder;r tis-indicated at 17, these slits extendiilg completely acioss the curved portion of the back and into the rear portions of the leaves proper. the back is cut away forming an lelongated opening 'i8 and the walls 19 of such opening are sprung outward forming two opposing convex faces which are in the nature oi spring tongues, and the maximum width of which is greater than the width of the receiving socket X, while the maximum diameter of the uncut end p01` tions of the back is approximately equal to the internal diameter oi the socket. As a result of this construction when the holder, having a blade in position, is

Between these two slits, the metal of forced endwise into the socket, the spring tongues 19 will be forced inward toward each other, and. will frictionally bind against the walls of the socket in such manner as to firmly hold the device from movement inv any direction. v

l claim 1. A razor blade holder comprising a spring clip having a curved back and integral ieaves,. the back huvingolid ends andbcing split between said ends to form outwardiybent sp1-ing tongues for frictionai engagement with thea pair of outwardly bent socket wall binding tongues, said n tongues terminating short of both ends of the holder,

'clip having In testimony that i claim the roregoinglssmy ow, I

have hereto aiiixed my signaturerin the presencevottwo witnesses.

A LLISON H. FLEMXNG.

\\'itnesses Winnun H. BRAND, ALBERT L. B. DUDLEY. 

